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  Daily News for Thursday, October 22nd
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10/22/09
Pernod Ricard sales fall 6.3% on wine, champagne

The spirits business held up well, with an organic decline of 2%, but wine and champagne sales fell 13%.

10/22/09
Soaring dollar knocks the froth off Foster's: exports
Beer and wine giant Foster's is the latest company to declare itself a casualty of the strengthening Aussie dollar, which is crimping export earnings at the same time as the domestic business struggles with continued oversupply issues.
10/22/09
Attitudes Toward Wine Technology Studied
Canadian research aims to integrate policy and perceptions about biotechnology.
10/22/09
Peter Michael Winery Buys Napa's Showket Vineyard
Peter Michael, a leading Sonoma County winery, is expanding into Napa. The Knights Valley producer has purchased the Showket Oakville Vineyard, a 41-acre property including a residence and 26 acres of vineyards. The purchase price was not disclosed.
10/22/09
Stories sell the wines: Todd Miller creates wines and misadventures
He has spent the last eight years running a retail wine shop, The Wine Garage, on Foothill Boulevard in Calistoga, where the mantra is: No wine over $25, even for Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon.
10/22/09
Wine Historic Paris restaurant auctions thousands of bottles of wine
La Tour D'Argent hopes to raise a million euros with sale of rarities such as pre-revolution cognac
10/22/09
Georgian wine export issues
The Ministry of Agriculture reports that there are 218 registered wine producers in Georgia but only around 160 are actually functioning. Of these 35 are completely export oriented but Georgia's share of the world wine market is very insignificant.
10/22/09
B.C. and Ontario wines: The scandal that wasn't
Sure Canadian vintners bottle foreign-grown grapes. But, hey, isn't that Sicily I taste in the French 'Burgundy'?
10/22/09
Best bordeaux in decades: Conditions are ripe
In my more than 30 years in the wine world, I have not witnessed a more perfect harvest in Bordeaux than this year's.
10/22/09
Hunter Valley could be forced to seek new varieties
Climate change could force Australia's Hunter Valley to plant alternative grape varieties to combat rising temperatures, spring frosts and a higher risk of disease, according to a new study.
10/22/09
Bordeaux 2009: Winemakers keen to live up to hype
They were quick to praise a 'phenomenal' harvest but Bordeaux winemakers are saying that the big test facing the 2009 vintage will be keeping down alcohol levels.
10/22/09
Hong Kong Celebrates the Grape
the three-day Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival, which begins on Oct. 30 on the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade.
10/22/09
Valley grape growers fear pest from Napa
A new grape pest has been discovered in Napa County, and Valley grape growers are hoping it doesn't hitch a ride south.
10/22/09
Long Island's Shinn Estate quickly makes its mark
Wine columnist Edward Deitch reviews the wines of Shinn Estate Vineyards
10/22/09
Report: Jackson Family Wines to open huge American Canyon distribution center
Jackson Family Wines, one of the nation's largest wine producers, hopes to open a 650,000-square foot, $29 million warehouse and distribution center in American Canyon by early next year, according to a report Tuesday in the Napa Valley Register.
10/22/09
Iowa winery blossoms despite down economy
As many businesses have struggled to make payroll and ends meet because of the down economy, those at one Iowa winery says their business is booming.
10/22/09
Wine Country Gift Baskets Awards UPS Exclusive Package Delivery Carrier Account
The shift to UPS, which became effective July 2009, evolved from an extensive distribution review during the spring.
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